{"product_id":"rossio-square-n59-9789893303108","title":"Rossio Square N.°59","description":"\u003cp\u003eApril 1941: After fleeing wartime France alone, seventeen-year-old Claire arrives in Lisbon to stay with her less-than-welcoming uncle. While she waits desperately for her family and the ship they're supposed to take to America, she begins a search for two young refugee children she'd promised to take care of, who have gone missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio, an aspiring artist and occasional pickpocket, waits tables in the \u003cem\u003eChave d'Ouro\u003c\/em\u003e, a Lisbon caf  that's a hotspot for the plotters and spies flocking to Portugal's capital. But when a German refugee he's befriended is dragged out of the caf  and murdered, Antonio sets out to discover who is responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite an inauspicious first encounter between Claire and Antonio, their investigations - and their lives - intertwine as they discover that the disappearances are linked to a secret in Lisbon that the Nazis are willing to kill for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a city filled with intrigue and betrayal, \u003cem\u003eRossio Square N. 59\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of lost dreams, infinite hope, and two people caught up in change they never sought or wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Through her compelling characters and deft storytelling, Jeannine Johnson Maia takes the reader into the suspenseful and dangerous world of Lisbon 1941, when the city served as an escape route for Jews and others fleeing the Nazis and the Second World War.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003eRichard Zimler, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Kabbalist of Lisbon \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel According to Lazarus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson Maia, Jeannine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Before moving to Portugal, Jeannine Johnson Maia worked as a journalist in Belgium and Washington, DC. She served as a press specialist at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels; studied in the United States and Italy; taught English in France; and lived in Cape Verde. She now lives in Porto, a city she finds irresistibly photogenic. 'Rossio Square N.°59' - which was published by Casa das Letras (LeYa) in Portuguese under the title 'Praça do Rossio, N.°59' - is her first novel.\"","brand":"Jeannine Johnson Maia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478332444946,"sku":"9789893303108","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c33397a5-4a40-44cb-8479-80799dce67e4.jpg?v=1730296463","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rossio-square-n59-9789893303108","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}